CU skiing third in own invitational

Buffs trail Denver, New Mexico at Eldora

Buffzone.com

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01/08/2013 10:50:53 PM MST

The host University of Colorado ski team is in third place after two events in its own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational, as the Buffaloes won the women's giant slalom race while struggled on the men's side as windy conditions prevailed.

CU accumulated 191 points, and is behind meet leader Denver by 49½ points as the Pioneers racked up 240½, including 133 on the men's side behind a 1-3-5 finish. New Mexico is second with 213 points, 22 more than the Buffs, while Utah sits fourth, just five points behind CU with 186.

The CU women won its race with a combined 119 points, topping Utah's 108 and Denver's total of 107.5. The Buffs finished with three top eight finishers for those points and added a fourth skier in the top 12.

"Having four women in the top 12 is very good and we can build on that," CU head coach Richard Rokos said. "They did their job to perfection today. The guys are still struggling a little bit, but there are signs. They were far better on their second runs."

On the men's side, the Buffs struggled but did finish as a pack led by junior Andreas Haug's 16th place finish in a time of 1:55.65, just ahead of freshman Henrik Gunnarsson and his 17th-place time of 1:55.76.

Max Lamb was the Buffs' third scorer in a time of 1:57.00, good for 23rd, followed by freshman Cameron Smith, who was 24th in a time of 1:57.17. Junior Fletcher McDonald finished 30th in a time of 1:58.97 while freshman Kasper Hietenan did not finsh the second run after posting the 22nd fastest time in the first run.

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The men's team compiled 72 points, a disappointing sixth-best in the field. But as Rokos says, today's slalom races should bode better for the Buffaloes.

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